Workers' Comp Laws by State
Workers’ comp is state law, and the rules that decide your claim are set state by state: how long you have to report the injury, the deadline to file a claim, whether you or your employer picks the treating doctor, the waiting period before wage benefits start, the share of your wages comp replaces, and where a denial gets appealed. State-by-state guides so you start with the law that actually applies to you.
All Workers' Comp Laws by State guides
- Workers' Comp Laws in Missouri
Hurt at work in Missouri? Learn the 30-day written notice deadline, the two-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Illinois
Hurt at work in Illinois? The 45-day notice deadline, the 3-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and how benefits and appeals work.
- Workers' Comp Laws in California
What to do after a work injury in California: the 30-day notice deadline, the 1-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and your benefits.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Florida
A plain-English guide to Florida workers' comp: the 30-day reporting deadline (90 days for occupational disease), the 2-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to challenge a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Maryland
A plain-English guide to Maryland workers' comp: the 10-day notice deadline, the 60-day and 2-year filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Alabama
Hurt on the job in Alabama? Learn the 5-day notice rule, the 90-day hard cutoff, the 2-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and how a denial is resolved.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Oregon
Hurt at work in Oregon? Learn the 90-day notice deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denied claim.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Kansas
A plain-English guide to Kansas workers' comp: the 30-day notice deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in North Dakota
Hurt on the job in North Dakota? Learn the 7-day notice deadline, the 1-year deadline to file with WSI, who picks your doctor, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Colorado
A plain-English guide to Colorado workers' comp: reporting deadlines, the claim-filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and what to do if your claim is denied.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Montana
A plain-English guide to Montana workers' comp: the 30-day notice deadline, the 12-month claim deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and what to do if your claim is denied.
- Workers' Comp Laws in New Jersey
A plain-English guide to New Jersey workers' comp: the notice deadlines, the two-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to dispute a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Nebraska
Hurt at work in Nebraska? Here's what to do first, key deadlines, who picks your doctor, and how benefits and appeals work.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Vermont
Hurt at work in Vermont? Learn the notice deadline, the six-month claim deadline, the exceptions that excuse late notice, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Pennsylvania
Hurt at work in Pennsylvania? Learn the 21-day and 120-day notice deadlines, the three-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Kentucky
What to do after a Kentucky workplace injury: report deadlines, doctor choice, wage benefits, and what to do if your claim is denied.
- Workers' Comp Laws in New York
Hurt on the job in New York? Learn the 30-day notice deadline, 2-year filing deadline, the exceptions that can save a late claim, who picks your doctor, and how wage benefits work.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Massachusetts
What to do first after a Massachusetts work injury: notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Maine
Hurt at work in Maine? Learn the 60-day notice deadline, the 2-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Idaho
What to do after a work injury in Idaho: the 60-day notice deadline, the 1-year filing deadline, the separate occupational-disease clocks, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and denied-claim appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in South Carolina
Hurt at work in South Carolina? Learn the 90-day notice deadline (and its exceptions), the 2-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Wisconsin
Plain-English guide to Wisconsin workers' comp: notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Louisiana
Louisiana workers' comp rules: 30-day injury notice (and its exceptions), one-year filing deadline, your right to choose a treating doctor, and how to challenge a denied claim.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Ohio
Hurt at work in Ohio? Learn the one-year filing deadline, the 14-day appeal window, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denied BWC claim.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Michigan
Hurt on the job in Michigan? The 90-day notice rule (and the excuse most workers never hear about), the 2-year claim deadline, who picks your doctor, 80% of after-tax wages, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in New Mexico
What to do after a work injury in New Mexico: the notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Delaware
A plain-English guide to Delaware workers' comp: the 90-day notice rule, the 2-year filing deadline (and the 5-year exception), choosing your doctor, wage benefits, and what to do if your claim is denied.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Minnesota
A plain-English guide to Minnesota workers' comp: deadlines to report and file, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Indiana
A plain-English guide to what to do, and your key deadlines, after a workplace injury in Indiana.
- Workers' Comp Laws in North Carolina
Hurt on the job in North Carolina? Here's the 30-day notice deadline (and its exceptions), the two-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Alaska
Hurt at work in Alaska? Learn the 15-day notice deadline, claim-filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Connecticut
Hurt at work in Connecticut? The deadlines that protect your claim, who picks your doctor, how wage benefits work, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in New Hampshire
Hurt at work in New Hampshire? Learn the notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Arizona
Hurt at work in Arizona? The deadlines that matter, who picks your doctor, how wage benefits are figured, and how to protest a denial — from the ICA's own rules.
- Workers' Comp Laws in South Dakota
Plain-English guide to South Dakota workers' comp: the three-business-day written notice deadline, the separate occupational disease clock, filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, benefits, and appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Washington
A plain-English guide to Washington workers' comp: deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and what to do if L&I denies your claim.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Oklahoma
A plain-English guide to Oklahoma workers' comp: the 30-day notice rule, the 1-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, benefits, and how appeals work.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Virginia
A plain-English guide to Virginia workers' comp: the 30-day notice deadline, the two-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, benefits, and appeals.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Texas
A plain-English guide to Texas workers' comp: the 30-day and one-year deadlines (and the excuses the law allows), who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Rhode Island
A plain-English guide to Rhode Island workers' comp: the 30-day notice deadline and the exceptions to it, the 2-year filing deadline, doctor choice, wage benefits, and the Workers' Compensation Court.
- Workers' Comp Laws in West Virginia
What to do after a work injury in West Virginia: the notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to protest a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Iowa
Hurt at work in Iowa? Learn the 90-day notice deadline, the two-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Nevada
Nevada workers' comp basics: the 7-day notice and 90-day claim deadlines (and how they run from knowledge for occupational diseases), who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denial.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Utah
Utah workers' comp: the 180-day notice deadline, the six-year filing deadline, who picks your doctor, the waiting period, and what happens if your claim is denied.
- Workers' Comp Laws in Hawaii
What to do after a work injury in Hawaii: notice and filing deadlines, who picks your doctor, wage benefits, and how to appeal a denied claim.